Shwmae all,
Long-time lurker on the Skanky threads (vile hag!). Didn't think I would see the Manics on a gossip thread, but I suppose The Band We Do Not Mention belong here (I'm from the same village as Lost prophets).
My weak tea is, the rest of the boys didn't know and now they are dads they are absolutely horrified that they didn't put him in his place regarding his behaviour towards young female fans and wish they had done things differently.
Towards the end though, they had had enough and were seriously thinking about sacking him. Stuart (Bass) had even given him a real pasting (hit him) over an unrelated matter. He used to hang around in Merthyr being creepy af and people thought he was an utter
twit. If he ever shows his face in Ponty again he'll be beaten to death and there'll be a long queue.
His poor mother is very ill and has been for a long time with kidney disease, she's a nice woman and doesn't deserve to live with this. I had Lostprophets merch going back years, to Fleshbind and Public Disturbance days. On the day it come out I returned home from the school run and destroyed everything. I had been in the same room with Watkins once, when my daughter was about 3, even now it makes me want to vomit. I still think about it, did he look at her at all. The things that gave their children to him should rot along with him.
On a lighter note, I used to go out with a friend of Richey Edwards from the Manic Street Preachers. People who know Richey know that he would not kill himself and it seems Richey has told some people that he is alive, but they have to keep up appearances. He could not handle fame and never wants to be found, so those in the know will never admit to this. I'm not even mentioning Ioan Gruffudd
Sorry, that's probably too long and boring. I love this thread though!